The Struggle Of Finding Turbo Stuff..

[xasap_retro_gamerx]

no one in my area has anything , only a game store that wants a lot for an express .... I live close to NYC so you would think they would be a lot here ... other then my system I haven't found anything else , and I don't want to pay over 700$ to get a Duo , Express , and CD , i'm even offering to pay 120$-180 for an express ... it's all nintendo over here , and even that is getting pricey .

[cjameslv]

Yeah drives me crazy when stores are out of all the old madden titles & i'm tired of buying maigcal chase, i'm gonna start making crafts out of them or something.

[NecroPhile]

I can't find much of anything local, but there's plenty of stuff to buy on the internet.

[xasap_retro_gamerx]

I can't find much of anything local, but there's plenty of stuff to buy on the internet.

I don't want to pay ebay prices I rather deal locally , hey I would even offer whatever the price is after fees if it's a duo .

[mitsuman]

The only thing local to me is a hucard only of Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf for the low low price of $15. It has been in the case at that store for about a year or more now.
On Craigslist, I only find buyers for TG stuff. Or guys selling lots of TG stuff with "rare" games and "things that sell for 5 times as much on eBay" at ridiculous prices.

[NecroPhile]

I don't want to pay ebay prices I rather deal locally , hey I would even offer whatever the price is after fees if it's a duo .

You know there's more to the internet than just eBay, right?  Even if you shop on eBay, you don't have to buy BINs that have been sitting there for months.

[xcrement5x]

The only thing local to me is a hucard only of Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf for the low low price of $15. It has been in the case at that store for about a year or more now.
On Craigslist, I only find buyers for TG stuff. Or guys selling lots of TG stuff with "rare" games and "things that sell for 5 times as much on eBay" at ridiculous prices.

So is it completely sunfaded yet?  This shop near me had a fair number of turbobs but they left them in a spot that got the full CO sun like alllll day so by the time I found them they looked horrible.  I grabbed what I wanted, but wasn't going to pay like $7 for a faded to shit Keith.

[xasap_retro_gamerx]

I don't want to pay ebay prices I rather deal locally , hey I would even offer whatever the price is after fees if it's a duo .

You know there's more to the internet than just eBay, right?  Even if you shop on eBay, you don't have to buy BINs that have been sitting there for months.

tried many places one reason why I joined here to try here , FB groups are more then ebay lately .

[cjameslv]

The only thing local to me is a hucard only of Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf for the low low price of $15. It has been in the case at that store for about a year or more now.
On Craigslist, I only find buyers for TG stuff. Or guys selling lots of TG stuff with "rare" games and "things that sell for 5 times as much on eBay" at ridiculous prices.

So is it completely sunfaded yet?  This shop near me had a fair number of turbobs but they left them in a spot that got the full CO sun like alllll day so by the time I found them they looked horrible.  I grabbed what I wanted, but wasn't going to pay like $7 for a faded to shit Keith.

Were pretty lucky in vegas to have a handful of retrogame shops, but we also have this place called broadacres swapmeet which is like 50 acres and jam packed with vendors. Your story of the faded games is the main theme over there. All the shit is yellowed, dried out and cracking...yet these guys still charge like its fuckin ebay..

[DeshDildo]

I believe this is the case everywhere, even the areas of the country that were "major" markets for the Turbo.  I have seen a few loose copies of Keith show up locally.  I did score on some games that came in to a local store (CIC alien Crush and almost CIB D&D).  I have asked the local shop owners about it and they all say the same thing, "When Turbografx stuff does come in, usually the first time someone comes in and sees it, they buy it all."

My last bastion of finding TG stuff in the wild is going to Cleveland.  Most stores at least have a few items available and I have found some decent deals.  Honestly, most of my humble collection has come from snagging the rare ebay deal or from members on this very forum. 

If you don't want to pay an arm and a leg for this stuff, the only thing you can use is patience.

[DragonmasterDan]

This is the case basically everywhere. The Duo, the US CD add-on and Express in particular were not big sellers in terms of volume and weren't commonly found used and cheap in the wild in the first place. The best way to get them cheap was to find dead units some years ago and have them repaired or use the repair information found on this forum to fix them yourself.

At this point everyone is aware of how to fix them and lots of people who seemingly had no interest in the platform for the 20+ years systems and games were on the market suddenly became interested because resellers are making quite a profit flipping stuff. It's an unfortunate state of affairs but if you're looking for the US hardware besides the standard TurboGrafx 16 system you're probably going to have to go to the internet and pay internet prices for it.

[xasap_retro_gamerx]

This is the case basically everywhere. The Duo, the US CD add-on and Express in particular were not big sellers in terms of volume and weren't commonly found used and cheap in the wild in the first place. The best way to get them cheap was to find dead units some years ago and have them repaired or use the repair information found on this forum to fix them yourself.

At this point everyone is aware of how to fix them and lots of people who seemingly had no interest in the platform for the 20+ years systems and games were on the market suddenly became interested because resellers are making quite a profit flipping stuff. It's an unfortunate state of affairs but if you're looking for the US hardware besides the standard TurboGrafx 16 system you're probably going to have to go to the internet and pay internet prices for it.

even a normal system is getting there , i was lucky to find one with the booster plus in the wild .

[DragonmasterDan]

even a normal system is getting there , i was lucky to find one with the booster plus in the wild .

The normal systems show up in the wild quite a bit as there are a lot of them in circulation. Because the CD add-on, Express and Duo were 200.00+ at their cheapest brand new (in early 90s money) they were not particularly common and the people who bought them originally were either adults or younger kids hardcore gamers and who knew what they had.

While prices used to be lower, these were never clogging bins at thrift stores.

[PunkCryborg]

You have to be very very patient to find anything locally but there's stuff out there. Try local retro gaming  groups on FB. TBH most casual gamers don't have anything good though for TG16 stuff, you'd probably be lucky to find a basic core TG16 and a handful of early and launch titles usually. Internet is really your only option for anything else.
And sorry to say this but you are very late to the game, Turbo prices are way higher than they were even in the last 2 years. Might want to consider going to the Everdrive route if you wanna get into the games

[cr8zykuban0]

the struggle is real. some of my local gane stores here in vegas has tg games but they usually have value price which isnt too bad since theyre hard to find but sadly no cib games. I love that cardboard

[ifkz]

While prices used to be lower, these were never clogging bins at thrift stores.

So very true, even at the height of visiting thrifts in the late 90's/early 00's I only ever saw perhaps four TG-16 systems and one was missing the back cover and hookups.  Of course everything before Playstation is impossible to find now.  I second the Everdrive option if you are not sure how far you want to take collecting for the system (I do not own an Everdrive).

My best place for games has been with system lots on Amazon.  Both of my TurboExpress units were bought broken for under $100 and came with a handful of games.  I like having a spare system or two, however.  Also check out half.com, most people forget about it and I have snagged a game or two from sellers in the past year.  It's not a lot, but it is something.

You should also make a personal want list for the system, the best titles that mean a lot to you personally.

[mitsuman]

The only thing local to me is a hucard only of Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf for the low low price of $15. It has been in the case at that store for about a year or more now.
On Craigslist, I only find buyers for TG stuff. Or guys selling lots of TG stuff with "rare" games and "things that sell for 5 times as much on eBay" at ridiculous prices.

So is it completely sunfaded yet?  This shop near me had a fair number of turbobs but they left them in a spot that got the full CO sun like alllll day so by the time I found them they looked horrible.  I grabbed what I wanted, but wasn't going to pay like $7 for a faded to shit Keith.

No it is deep inside the store, in the locked glass case with random atari cartridges and other odds and end gaming stuff. And they have it flipped so the face of the hucard is facing down. You have to look up under the glass shelf it is sitting on to see what it is.

I still go into that store about 2 times a month though, just to make sure I'm not missing anything passing through.

One of these days, I will buy that Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf game though. Just to get it out of that store.

[GoldenWheels]

I see the occasional system. That's about it in NW CT. Short that I've seen 5 loose hu cards in about 10 years. All overpriced as you might expect.

[420GOAT]

i gave up looking in the wild, even craigslist stuff is outta fucken hand. ebay (yeah im a dipshit i know) or here. they are no where else.

[NecroPhile]

the struggle is real.

Only if the thread title is specifically referring to finding stuff in the wild for cheap.  Otherwise, it's easy as pie to find most any title, to which your buying history can attest.

[roflmao]

There's actually a vintage gaming shop a mere 3 miles from my office that had a handful of obey behind their glass cases last time I went in there, but it was all horribly overpriced for pretty common titles. I've been meaning to go back and see if any of it is still there.

Nully, next time you're up in my neck of the woods we should go check it out!

[roflmao]

Oh no... That's not good.  The NES games I picked up all worked fine. Maye you can take it apart and clean the contacts on the circuit board?  I've had good luck with that in the past.

And to keep things on topic, there don't seem to be any game shops in Wichita that carry obey. :/

[HailingTheThings]

There's actually a vintage gaming shop a mere 3 miles from my office that had a handful of obey behind their glass cases last time I went in there, but it was all horribly overpriced for pretty common titles. I've been meaning to go back and see if any of it is still there.

Getting into arguments with shop owners is fun. Yay!

[roflmao]

There's actually a vintage gaming shop a mere 3 miles from my office that had a handful of obey behind their glass cases last time I went in there, but it was all horribly overpriced for pretty common titles. I've been meaning to go back and see if any of it is still there.

Getting into arguments with shop owners is fun. Yay!

Indeed it is.  However I work for the local Chamber of Commerce and I'm hoping I can get them to join at some time.  

On a side note, we've got a new convention center opening soon and I'd love to get some sort of nerd-con going in this neck of the woods. Local game shops can be helpful, even if they're overpriced.

[HailingTheThings]

There's actually a vintage gaming shop a mere 3 miles from my office that had a handful of obey behind their glass cases last time I went in there, but it was all horribly overpriced for pretty common titles. I've been meaning to go back and see if any of it is still there.

Getting into arguments with shop owners is fun. Yay!

Indeed it is.  However I work for the local Chamber of Commerce and I'm hoping I can get them to join at some time.  

On a side note, we've got a new convention center opening soon and I'd love to get some sort of nerd-con going in this neck of the woods. Local game shops can be helpful, even if they're overpriced.

Could become friends with 'em, get 'em shit-faced and take embarrassing photos... such as them drinking from the toilet or better... threaten to release the photos publicly if they don't lower the prices? Just a thought.

:3

[roflmao]

Could become friends with 'em, get 'em shit-faced and take embarrassing photos... such as them drinking from the toilet or better... threaten to release the photos publicly if they don't lower the prices? Just a thought.

:3

Well, yeah. I guess there's always that.

[cr8zykuban0]

the struggle is real.

Only if the thread title is specifically referring to finding stuff in the wild for cheap.  Otherwise, it's easy as pie to find most any title, to which your buying history can attest.

definitely! any tg game can be found, but sadly mostly online. finding tg games in the wild is pretty tough especially for cheap. You end up having to pay value prices if you happen to find them at your local game store. The best deal i found game store wise was a cic somer assault for $16

[VenomMacbeth]

Turbo is hard to come by where I live, yes, but the good thing is that nobody knows what the hell it is, so it never gets bought.  That's how I scored my Express & that cheap copy of Sidearms.  I rarely find anything worthy of note, although Save Point did have Daimakaimura for the SGX for awhile...not sure if they still do.  I

[jelloslug]

This is the case basically everywhere. The Duo, the US CD add-on and Express in particular were not big sellers in terms of volume and weren't commonly found used and cheap in the wild in the first place. The best way to get them cheap was to find dead units some years ago and have them repaired or use the repair information found on this forum to fix them yourself.

At this point everyone is aware of how to fix them and lots of people who seemingly had no interest in the platform for the 20+ years systems and games were on the market suddenly became interested because resellers are making quite a profit flipping stuff. It's an unfortunate state of affairs but if you're looking for the US hardware besides the standard TurboGrafx 16 system you're probably going to have to go to the internet and pay internet prices for it.

I got lucky and found a local "retro game tech" that had no idea what he was doing with turbos and blew out all of his "broken" stuff dirt cheap.

[o.pwuaioc]

the struggle is real.

Only if the thread title is specifically referring to finding stuff in the wild for cheap.  Otherwise, it's easy as pie to find most any title, to which your buying history can attest.

Even the common stuff online is wildly overpriced.

[geise]

tried many places one reason why I joined here to try here , FB groups are more then ebay lately .

LOL!  Facebook users groups.  Where all the new guys go for the r@rez.  Thank all the new adopters that don't know shit and now want a niche system and have "seen the light" realizing how good it is.  "Oh I've never heard of this!  It must be rare. *insert shit ass price*"

Too be honest it has been hard for me to find any deals even on here for turbo.  There are so many lurkers and new guys that come out of the woodwork they are gone like MVS carts on neo-geo.com.  Very few sales lately as well.  The reality is (especially now) you need to be patient to find anything at a decent price.

[jeffhlewis]

I, for one, find it shocking that area retailers do not have any inventory for a 25+ year-old gaming system with a niche audience. Preposterous!

[EvilEvoIX]

Obey I have to say is pretty common for me and always has been.  Here in VA the stuff can be found granted mostly commons.  Up in the tri-State area there are almost always a sale going on.  Just today I searched and found this.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tag/4849745038.html

$300 for a Turbo CD with a system card, Duo Pro Card, game converter, and 24 games.

Not bad even if the turbo cd is not working.  i needs a power supply and a controller.

I messaged the guy and he said it might already be sole and it was posted just today.  This stuff moves fast.  The best way to get obey is watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey  Divorces and moving sales are always the best.

[Bernie]

Obey I have to say is pretty common for me and always has been.  Here in VA the stuff can be found granted mostly commons.  Up in the tri-State area there are almost always a sale going on.  Just today I searched and found this.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tag/4849745038.html

$300 for a Turbo CD with a system card, Duo Pro Card, game converter, and 24 games.

Not bad even if the turbo cd is not working.  i needs a power supply and a controller.

I messaged the guy and he said it might already be sole and it was posted just today.  This stuff moves fast.  The best way to get obey is watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey  Divorces and moving sales are always the best.

I kinda take issue with that last paragraph...  While I can understand people fall on hard times, and during times of distress, can part out with stuff....Why on Earth and in God's name would you want to prey on them like that?  I got lucky here in these very forums, and most of my stuff, 95%, went to peeps right here in these forums, and about 99% of them always told me..."It is here if you ever want it back."  THAT is the definition of a friend that Obeys.  I am not attacking you in any way, I am only presenting things from a different point of view.  I would hate to feel like I was on the watch for a breakdown, so I could be preyed on...    I dunno, maybe I am just being dramatic..  I guess the last paragraph just got to me more than it should have. 

By the way, I am a fellow VA resident, and I rarely see Turbobs.. 

[Sparky]

Nah Bernie, reading that quote and that last part is typical from him.

[EvilEvoIX]

Obey I have to say is pretty common for me and always has been.  Here in VA the stuff can be found granted mostly commons.  Up in the tri-State area there are almost always a sale going on.  Just today I searched and found this.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tag/4849745038.html

$300 for a Turbo CD with a system card, Duo Pro Card, game converter, and 24 games.

Not bad even if the turbo cd is not working.  i needs a power supply and a controller.

I messaged the guy and he said it might already be sole and it was posted just today.  This stuff moves fast.  The best way to get obey is watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey  Divorces and moving sales are always the best.

I kinda take issue with that last paragraph...  While I can understand people fall on hard times, and during times of distress, can part out with stuff....Why on Earth and in God's name would you want to prey on them like that?  I got lucky here in these very forums, and most of my stuff, 95%, went to peeps right here in these forums, and about 99% of them always told me..."It is here if you ever want it back."  THAT is the definition of a friend that Obeys.  I am not attacking you in any way, I am only presenting things from a different point of view.  I would hate to feel like I was on the watch for a breakdown, so I could be preyed on...    I dunno, maybe I am just being dramatic..  I guess the last paragraph just got to me more than it should have. 

By the way, I am a fellow VA resident, and I rarely see Turbobs.. 

Most of the people I have preyed upon were teh resellers.  There was a guy a coupe of years back who had a mobile game store drove around with classic games everywhere.  The guy also sold like sonic 1 loose for $10 he was a prick.  After a while I see he tried to sell his whole business for a crazy amount and then eventually basically started giving stuff away for crazy prices.

You guys here?  I doubt I'd be able to take advantage of anyone here nor would I want to let alone be able to get away with it.  People sell good stuff here at fair prices and stuff goes quick.  That Lynx I just got for $40?  That guy was trying to sell if for $200 when I first talked to him back in June, he just folded and I was persistent.


Sometimes, in order to get what you want you have to be patient and wait for an opportunity unless of course you want to pay top dollar.  This doesn't mean rip off your old buddy because his old lady left him and wants half of everything, it's just the Craigslist people who actually post that they are desperate and need to sell.  My buddy just picked up an XBONE for $150 because the guy selling it needed cash, you are saying you wouldn't pay that?

No offense taken Berney , and the people on this site I doubt could be preyed upon unless it was by some lying scammer who just took money and ran.  I am just focusing on teh ebay scammer or the craisglist people who sometimes don't now what they have.

[slinkyturd]

You guys all seem desperate for merchandise so I am going to be generous. I have a keith courage complete...in vinyl sleeve. I'm asking $50. Come and get it before I throw it on ebay for $100 and make out like a bandit.

[VenomMacbeth]

I see Expresses far more often than I see any other TG-16 systems, oddly enough

[Mzo]

I've been extremely lucky both through one of my best friends that runs the game side of a used CD store here in South Florida and the generosity of the people on this board that let me play some amazing games at very fair prices.

[xcrement5x]

I messaged the guy and he said it might already be sole and it was posted just today.  This stuff moves fast.  The best way to get obey is watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey  Divorces and moving sales are always the best.

Good attempt at recovery later, but thankfully you didn't edit the original post.   

You specifically said:
"watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey"

That is the slimiest fucking thing I have ever heard.  I feel bad for anyone who considers you a friend.

[esteban]

I messaged the guy and he said it might already be sole and it was posted just today.  This stuff moves fast.  The best way to get obey is watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey  Divorces and moving sales are always the best.

Good attempt at recovery later, but thankfully you didn't edit the original post.   

You specifically said:
"watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey"

That is the slimiest fucking thing I have ever heard.  I feel bad for anyone who considers you a friend.

I actually tried to be fair and not judge EvilEvolX too harshly since he has been here.

I know I have been MORE THAN GENEROUS, and now I realize that he truly is a f@cking douche.

I don't regret giving him the benefit of doubt, but I can't help but feel a little foolish.

[EvilEvoIX]

I messaged the guy and he said it might already be sole and it was posted just today.  This stuff moves fast.  The best way to get obey is watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey  Divorces and moving sales are always the best.

Good attempt at recovery later, but thankfully you didn't edit the original post.   

You specifically said:
"watch your obey friends and when a hardship falls upon them buy their obey"

That is the slimiest fucking thing I have ever heard.  I feel bad for anyone who considers you a friend.

Ahhh yes another person who judges.  There is a post above of a guy who got all of his obey off of some guy who didn't know what he was selling.  Like if you walked upon a crazy deal worth $2,000+ in games alone and asking $100 you'd tell the guy and pay full price.  What complete and utter bullshit.


My god this site is full of nasal gazers who must look down upon people.  You all said it yourselves the hobby is ZOMGMASDIVELYEXPENSIVERS and people keep jacking prices to levels unknown.  The title of this thread speaks to that and I answered honestly and you're all displaying "fake outrage".  I lie in wait and strike at a deal.  Yes I said it and I stand by it.  Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

[EvilEvoIX]

Regards
I actually tried to be fair and not judge EvilEvolX too harshly since he has been here.

I know I have been MORE THAN GENEROUS, and now I realize that he truly is a f@cking douche.

I don't regret giving him the benefit of doubt, but I can't help but feel a little foolish.

Thanks for not judging to harshly as my whole future depends upon your judgement.  I quiver in your judgmental presence and know based upon your judgement the earth will live another day.

[esteban]

EvilEvolX, I think most folks made up their minds about you long ago.

I had not.

That is all.

[wildfruit]

Try living in England. "Retro" game shops have all but ceased to exist. My closest one is about 25 miles away and appears to be run by some hipsters who have to fund a rather extravagant life style judging by their prices. I have never seen turbo in the wild. PCE very rarely.

[esteban]

 

I'm going to say something mindblowing...

In the context of getting a good deal, what EvoAniki said is true despite being worded about as poorly and insensitively as possible. Friends, however, would sell back to friends at a comparable buddy-price come sunnier days.

Yes, my opinion of Evo was not swayed one way or the other by this latest development.  Just adds another explanation for his participation here beyond raffles, sega evangelism, and neogeo chat.

I hear you.

We all know that many folks are opportunists and slimy. This happens routinely.

This wasn't "new" to anyone.

The glee and relish in profiting from the misfortunes of others, then, is not new. It's just something that few would openly admit to it in our "tight-knit" community.

Especially on a forum where we are *slightly* sensitive to gougers, exploitation, scammers, etc. A comment about another person's suffering is not referring to some "random, anonymous Joe Schmoe" on eBay, but rather a "fellow forum member".

I am sure other folks share EvolEvil's views—they just don't state it publicly.

[EvilEvoIX]

    My goal is never to profit.  Never was, never will be.  My goal is to play the games I never had before and build a solid classic game collection which I've been doing since 1989.  The only stuff I flip routinely are Sega Genesis'sssessess.   I have 9 of them, sold about 15 in my life time.  Why?  Most game bundles come with these cheap systems and I build a common setup and sell them on ebay of Craigslist and they go relatively quickly.  Anyone want a Sega Genesis on the cheap hit me up.

   My goal is classic gaming and I have stumbled upon many many game deals simply based upon pure luck or yes opportunism.  You get posts from people who advertise their need of funds or my wife says it has to go, the whatever, what am I supposed to do say "SORRY, here's full price even though you asked $20 for a $40 game."  Like I said before I waited almost two years for that mobile game guy to fold (he was a prick and I thoroughly enjoyed his demise) and when he did I picked the bones along with many other guys, some of whom resellers who damage the game industry for profit.  I posted my score before on the "What did you buy today" thread and got nothing but accolades.  I think people just come here to bitch some times.  I get that I rub people the wrong way some times but this is ridiculous.   

   Not one of you who might stumble upon a Turbo in the wild with say Magical Chase and Bonk 3 for $40 would tell the person who is selling it what it is worth and pay full price, not a one of yah.  I've picked up AES games for $9 in the past based upon some guy selling them thinking they were movies!  "Why yes sir these are a series of old Samurai Cartoon Movies, how much each?"

   On this very site you see people selling collections where you can score deals.  How is that bad?  Everyone likes a deal & no one here wants to pay full price (meaning eBay prices).  That is the entire point of this thread gentleman, and anyone who takes offense is either a Liar or an over sensitive libtard.  Hell even Nulltard agrees with me and that has never happened except on Socks and The Genesis being as good as you can get.

    I have made killings off of Craigslist, could that person have made a mint off me telling them what they are selling is worth MUCH MUCH more?  Yes of course!!  Did I tell them?  Nope, oh well.

   As stated before it is almost impossible to rip someone off here as this is a knowledgeable community.  I have dealt with many of you guys and it's all 100% good.  Say what you want about me, all my dealings have been square and I have given games away too. (Legenday Ax wraffle coming up btw).   Everyone else gloves off I'm coming.

[CrackTiger]

My goal is never to profit.  Never was, never will be.  My goal is to play the games I never had before and build a solid classic game collection which I've been doing since 1989.  The only stuff I flip routinely are Sega Genesis'sssessess.   I have 9 of them, sold about 15 in my life time.  Why?  Most game bundles come with these cheap systems and I build a common setup and sell them on ebay of Craigslist and they go relatively quickly.  Anyone want a Sega Genesis on the cheap hit me up.

   My goal is classic gaming and I have stumbled upon many many game deals simply based upon pure luck or yes opportunism.  You get posts from people who advertise their need of funds or my wife says it has to go, the whatever, what am I supposed to do say "SORRY, here's full price even though you asked $20 for a $40 game."  Like I said before I waited almost two years for that mobile game guy to fold (he was a prick and I thoroughly enjoyed his demise) and when he did I picked the bones along with many other guys, some of whom resellers who damage the game industry for profit.  I posted my score before on the "What did you buy today" thread and got nothing but accolades.  I think people just come here to bitch some times.  I get that I rub people the wrong way some times but this is ridiculous.   

   Not one of you who might stumble upon a Turbo in the wild with say Magical Chase and Bonk 3 for $40 would tell the person who is selling it what it is worth and pay full price, not a one of yah.  I've picked up AES games for $9 in the past based upon some guy selling them thinking they were movies!  "Why yes sir these are a series of old Samurai Cartoon Movies, how much each?"

   On this very site you see people selling collections where you can score deals.  How is that bad?  Everyone likes a deal & no one here wants to pay full price (meaning eBay prices).  That is the entire point of this thread gentleman, and anyone who takes offense is either a Liar or an over sensitive libtard.  Hell even Nulltard agrees with me and that has never happened except on Socks and The Genesis being as good as you can get.

    I have made killings off of Craigslist, could that person have made a mint off me telling them what they are selling is worth MUCH MUCH more?  Yes of course!!  Did I tell them?  Nope, oh well.

   As stated before it is almost impossible to rip someone off here as this is a knowledgeable community.  I have dealt with many of you guys and it's all 100% good.  Say what you want about me, all my dealings have been square and I have given games away too. (Legenday Ax wraffle coming up btw).   Everyone else gloves off I'm coming.

An acquaintance offered to sell me his PC Engine collection during the late 90's. He hadn't touched it in a while and was only interested in current gen stuff. He was very friendly and just told me to give him whatever I wanted for it. He even gave me the PCE/IFU/CD boxed set and like 30 games up front and just asked me to pay him whenever. I made a detailed list of online sold prices of every item in similar conditions and gave it to him. I didn't do myself any favors cherry picking low end sales or anything. I also explained in detail the range of potential selling prices based on various factors and what he could potentially get for it if he sold it as one giant lot or individually. In the end he asked for only $1100, while I believe I priced it as close to $2000. Most of the games have gone from $30 - $50 down to $5 - $10 each today, but I have no regrets and was just happy to play the games and not rip the guy off.

[EvilEvoIX]

My goal is never to profit.  Never was, never will be.  My goal is to play the games I never had before and build a solid classic game collection which I've been doing since 1989.  The only stuff I flip routinely are Sega Genesis'sssessess.   I have 9 of them, sold about 15 in my life time.  Why?  Most game bundles come with these cheap systems and I build a common setup and sell them on ebay of Craigslist and they go relatively quickly.  Anyone want a Sega Genesis on the cheap hit me up.

   My goal is classic gaming and I have stumbled upon many many game deals simply based upon pure luck or yes opportunism.  You get posts from people who advertise their need of funds or my wife says it has to go, the whatever, what am I supposed to do say "SORRY, here's full price even though you asked $20 for a $40 game."  Like I said before I waited almost two years for that mobile game guy to fold (he was a prick and I thoroughly enjoyed his demise) and when he did I picked the bones along with many other guys, some of whom resellers who damage the game industry for profit.  I posted my score before on the "What did you buy today" thread and got nothing but accolades.  I think people just come here to bitch some times.  I get that I rub people the wrong way some times but this is ridiculous.   

   Not one of you who might stumble upon a Turbo in the wild with say Magical Chase and Bonk 3 for $40 would tell the person who is selling it what it is worth and pay full price, not a one of yah.  I've picked up AES games for $9 in the past based upon some guy selling them thinking they were movies!  "Why yes sir these are a series of old Samurai Cartoon Movies, how much each?"

   On this very site you see people selling collections where you can score deals.  How is that bad?  Everyone likes a deal & no one here wants to pay full price (meaning eBay prices).  That is the entire point of this thread gentleman, and anyone who takes offense is either a Liar or an over sensitive libtard.  Hell even Nulltard agrees with me and that has never happened except on Socks and The Genesis being as good as you can get.

    I have made killings off of Craigslist, could that person have made a mint off me telling them what they are selling is worth MUCH MUCH more?  Yes of course!!  Did I tell them?  Nope, oh well.

   As stated before it is almost impossible to rip someone off here as this is a knowledgeable community.  I have dealt with many of you guys and it's all 100% good.  Say what you want about me, all my dealings have been square and I have given games away too. (Legenday Ax wraffle coming up btw).   Everyone else gloves off I'm coming.

An acquaintance offered to sell me his PC Engine collection during the late 90's. He hadn't touched it in a while and was only interested in current gen stuff. He was very friendly and just told me to give him whatever I wanted for it. He even gave me the PCE/IFU/CD boxed set and like 30 games up front and just asked me to pay him whenever. I made a detailed list of online sold prices of every item in similar conditions and gave it to him. I didn't do myself any favors cherry picking low end sales or anything. I also explained in detail the range of potential selling prices based on various factors and what he could potentially get for it if he sold it as one giant lot or individually. In the end he asked for only $1100, while I believe I priced it as close to $2000. Most of the games have gone from $30 - $50 down to $5 - $10 each today, but I have no regrets and was just happy to play the games and not rip the guy off.

Well that was 16 years ago and the Turbo, while not fresh, was still relevant.  You must of had some serious for-site on this system as a collectable as in my circles this stuff was almost disposable at that time.  People just dumped crazy collections for almost nothing to EB games to get a PS1 or a Saturn or a N64.  The only games I really followed back then were Neo Geo Carts which were beginning to explode in pricing so I started collecting for that system back then and didn't have Sega, NES, SNES, nothing.  All I had was a PS1 and a Neo Geo.

To have that for-site is incredible and even paying $1100 was a good deal.  What is it worth toda?  about the same?

[NecroPhile]

Besides not knowing the words "foresight" or the term "navel gazing", dumbfuck evo doesn't understand the difference between getting a deal off of total strangers that set their own prices and preying upon people you claim as friends.

Even the common stuff online is wildly overpriced.

I guess it depends on what you consider overpriced, as much of the Turbob library and almost all of the PCE library can be found (with patience) at or below original MSRP.